On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:22, John C Nash <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Has anyone got any experience with handbrake dvd->mpeg package. I've had some success converting things down to be playable on an android tablet with handbrake (on Debian). In summary: awful name, cumbersome UI, but great results. The trick for me was finding a script/config that worked with my target device (a .plist file). > I'm running Ubuntu Lucid and installed it, but could not get the "start" button to become > active. There is some noise on forums about "start button greyed out" but I couldn't get a > clear idea of what is wrong or what I should do. If you start it from the console, do you get additional output? Did you select a preset from the list on the right side? Can you use "Add to queue" and then "Show queue" to start it there? Once it's running, the "Activity window" shows a lot of details. But if you're not there... that doesn't help. -Bart